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May 2020 · 27
Palms To The Glass
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
That's how I social distance with my grandchildren.
17/5/2020
I am outside the door and they are inside our palms touching on the glass pane.
May 2020 · 42
Yes!
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Dear Men,

If you know how to say yes sweetly and agree to her way of thinking,
Then, by all means get married
16/5/2020
May 2020 · 40
Auctioned
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
I sold my soul for worldly gains,
Now,  I am on death bed and I have nothing to take with me.
16/5/2020
May 2020 · 28
Shattered
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
He was her mentor,
Her teacher,
Her counsellor.
She looked up to him,
Her cup of admiration for him to the brim.

She never knew he was a demon in disguise,
Waiting for her to bloom in beauty,
And when she did,
He sold her to the highest bidder.

The screen of trust was ripped to shreds,
Her faith in him shattered,
Disillusioned for life she remained.

Broken, knocked down in pain and defeated she became a warrior,
Eventually she came out of the pits of hell,
A badass.
She did not rest until she avenged him.
16/5/2020
May 2020 · 102
Love and Covid 19
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Like Covid 19 Love has no religion,
It does not discriminate,
Whether it is white,brown,yellow or black,
It does not require visa,
It just comes uninvited,
Love blooms you,
Covid wilts you.
15/5/2020
May 2020 · 7
Remember
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Learn to swallow your anger,
And learn to respect your elders,
Will take you a long way in life.
14/5/2020.
May 2020 · 265
Mum Said
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Three things will happen to me when I reach old age,
First,my memory will go,
The other two I can't remember.
13/5/2020
May 2020 · 21
I am not
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Lazy,
Sleepy head,
Good for nothing,
Idle,
But,I can't resist wanting to try the softness of the mattress again and again.
13/5/2020.
May 2020 · 15
Pain
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Loves to play hide and seek with us,
Cannot see our happiness,
It will come when we least likely expect it,
We may be in pain the whole night but when we reach the doctor's clinic it disappears.
13/5/2020
May 2020 · 34
Photo Albums (haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
love family albums
re-live value of moment
true reality.
13/5/2020
May 2020 · 26
Emptiness
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
moon and stars lonely,
no lovers to romance with
hark the quarantine.
13/5/2020
May 2020 · 23
Jobless
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
all day in the house
walk, dance and sing to the blues
construction worker.
12/5/2020
May 2020 · 32
Opportunity
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
One year sums up to three hundred sixty-five days,
Each days brings new opportunities,
If you are unable to get any,
Then, build a DOOR.
12/5/2020
May 2020 · 56
Laughter
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
the gurgling brook
with her sweet bubbly laughter
musical melody.
12/5/2020
May 2020 · 15
Trend
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Fake is the new trend,
So be cool,
Be in style.
For that change your:
Attitudes,
Thoughts,
Priorities.
11/5/2020
May 2020 · 44
Be Careful
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Open schools,
Open places of work,
Open gyms and parks,
Open shops,
But,do not open bars and clubs
Covid has come to change your life for better,
For a wise man a gesture is enough to get the point.
11/5/2020
May 2020 · 113
Mornings(10W)
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Coffee gets me started,
Faith in God keeps me going.
May 2020 · 95
2020
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Should only be DEDICATED to Essential Health Workers and other Frontline Workers who give their time and energy to fight this pandemic.
No Emmy Awards
No Golden Globe Awards
No awards for Music, Fashion Sports, Arts etc. ..............
9/5/2020
May 2020 · 23
Intuition (10W)
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Sometimes the heart knows more than the eyes can see.
9/5/2020
May 2020 · 16
The List
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
How are you?
Are you married or single?
What is your career?
How many children I have?
My favourite  pass time,
If I love music,
The list goes on,
But,I have noted one thing,
Nobody asks if I am HAPPY.
9/5/2020
May 2020 · 112
Not Dirt
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Everyone has some gold in them,
Try to find it,
Not the dirt.
9/5/2020
May 2020 · 42
Lighter
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
As I looked out of the window,
I saw the full moon making a pass at me,
The romantic soul,
I felt lighter,
Let me weigh myself,
I was 5kg lighter,
Was it the effect of the full moon?
8/5/2020
May 2020 · 32
Waiting For You
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
I do not want the joy of living,
Nor the sorrow of dying,
I am just alive in the hope one day you will come,
I do not wish to die knowing without me you will be alone.
8/5/2020
May 2020 · 66
Talk/Listen
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Talking is a talent and fun,
Not babbling or out of text,
The important thing is different people like to talk different things and you have to mould with their taste,
Or you will end up being an Aspro (headache).
There are two types of people,
One who talks a lot and the other who is quiet,
Luckily my husband taught me to be a good listener too.
My son talks very little but he likes to hear about everything from me,
My daughter is a talker like me,
And thanks to Whats App we spend hours on the phone talking.
My son-in-law is amazing,
He can talk about anything under the roof,
For that I too have to read a lot and watch T.V. to make our conversation interesting,
He is a spinner of conversation,
He can be anything, a politician,an educationist, a cinema critic.
My grandsons are crazy about football,
One is a fan of Arsenal and the other of Manchester United,
So I see all the matches on T.V. to hold a conversation with them.
Some like to talk bout their mishaps and illnesses and sorrow,
With them I listen and become a counsellor.
Others only like to talk about themselves and their family,
I just listen agreeing now and then.
Still others never give you a chance to say a word,
I just nod,sometimes drifting off to my own thoughts.
Most ladies like to talk about fashion, make-up, shopping, and their husband's,children and in-laws,
Talking with them is also fun,
You get to learn about your neighbourhood  and community,
You get to know who is doing what, who has runaway,healthy gossip.
So talking can ease tension,reduce stress and build relationship.
7/5/2020
May 2020 · 101
Only You
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
There is magic in you and in your talk,
That pulls me towards you,
I miss you day and night,
Even in my dream I only see you.
6/5/2020
May 2020 · 38
Endearing
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
The  candle wick asked the candle,"When I am burning why are you melting?"
The candle replied,"When I have given you a place in my heart and I see you disappear surely tears would fall."
6/5/2020
May 2020 · 45
Talent
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Dad wanted to find what talent I had since the age of two,
He told me to sing,
After a few days he gave up,
Our neighbour sounded better in the bathroom.
Next he gave me a box of crayons and told me to draw,
The pictures I sketched made him weep,
But, he hugged me and said one day I was going to be an artist.
After that he put me into sports,
Football,tennisball, badminton,
I preferred to watch T.V.and eat popcorn,
He tried to join me in dance classes,
Which I stubbornly refused to attend.
Finally I found my own talent,
Writing, Writing and writing,
Mum had left her writing pad and pencil to make shopping list on the stool,
I took them, sat on the carpet and  started writing,
At first words,then broken sentences,
Mostly I would copy paragraphs from books,
I became better and better,
Dad was delighted,
His dear girl had found her talent.
5/5/2020
May 2020 · 67
After Lockdown
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Have to change the way of life,
Less of  going out to hotels and restaurants,
Why not get a wife who knows how to cook,
I too, could get cooking lessons instead of passing my time in crowded bars,
Yes definitely less of bars,
And more time with wife and children I would not mind.
Less of travelling unless necessary,
Would'nt trust staying in hotels at present,
Would prefer to carry my own pillow and bedsheet
And most of all must carry sanitizer and sanitizer spray always.
5/5/2020
May 2020 · 107
IGNORANCE
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Is when you trust everyone,
When you are angry without reason,
When you give away a secret,
Speak when not needed,
Lastly, when you do not know a friend from a foe.
5/5/2020
May 2020 · 256
Indian Girl
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
When a girl is born,
A boy they would have preferred
But, it's okay,
A girl is a Lakshmi,
Good luck and wealth will come.
She is pampered,
Her parents princess,
Well dressed, nourished and educated,
She is groomed in household chores,
Taught sewing, cooking and embroidery.
They brag about her talents and
honourable character to friends and neighbours,
With one main aim on their minds,
To get  her married as soon as possible,
To the most eligible groom.
If she argues or refuses she is the most ungrateful girl after what they have done for her,
If she says she wants to finish her studies,
No big deal, you can continue at your in-laws,
And on and on till she agrees to get married,
An Indian girl is just a keepsafe at her parents,
To be handed over to the groom,
The earlier the better.
4/5/2020
I got married the same way.I was lucky,I got a husband who dotted on  me.I even finished my teaching diploma after marriage to teach my children.At this age I still coach children to earn my monthly income.
May 2020 · 69
Fun(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
through window saw clouds
make funny faces at me
breeze shoos them away.
6/5/2020
May 2020 · 54
Advice
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Be generous but not extravagant,
Be thrifty but not miserly.
3/5/2020
May 2020 · 29
Thrifty
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
My aunty was very thrifty,
It was like my daughter said "taking out blood from a stone"
So whenever she wanted something new or something she liked she told my uncle to bring it for her and not tell her how much it cost,
But he would,adding more than the actual price,
Enjoying the look on her face.
But, the twist is that her thriftiness paid off,
During lockdown the money she hoarded is helping to run the house and pay the bills.
3/5/2020
May 2020 · 96
Love (haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
was lost in darkness
you shone a light on my heart
love roses bloom there.
2/5/2020
May 2020 · 49
Face
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
Face is a screen where all your emotions are displayed.
1/5/2020
May 2020 · 24
Who Did It(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
must find a scapegoat
fear of losing election
pandemic crisis.

1/5/2020
May 2020 · 69
Aged and Quarantined
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
more alone at home
haven't stepped out my front door
before went to park.
1/5/2020
only volunteers come to leave grocery and medicine on my doorstep
May 2020 · 46
As Much
Salmabanu Hatim May 2020
The Ocean is vast,
But, you can take as much water as your hands can scoop,
Likewise, God's Blessings are timeless,
But, you can achieve as much as your Faith and Beliefs can muster.
1/5/2020
Apr 2020 · 58
Heart of Steel
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
I never cry,
Even in deep grief,
They ask why?
Ashamed I reply,"Dry eyes."
30/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 10
Innovation
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
Say no to everything except things that are important  and matter.
30/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 28
Share (haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
street dogs forage trash
the cat looks at them sadly
something for me please.
30/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 52
Sad
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
Sad
When I am sad,
I like to hear sad songs and croon with them,
I feel as if the songs and the music understand me and my feelings,
As if we are in the same boat.
After listening to a few songs I feel better,
Soothing therapy for my soul.
29/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 27
- Love
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
What s love?
A gift from above,
A cupid's dart,
A piece of art.
Is love a fuss ,
Or a curse,
A masterpiece,
An offering of peace.
Love is mysterious,timeless emotions,
In every situations,
Love destroys and conquers,
Love gives up never,
And the heart never listens come whatever.
29/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 14
On My Behalf
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
I have prayed and beseeched God for your love countless of times,
So much that now, I only have to raise my hands and the Angels ask on my behalf.
29/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 83
Write
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
Some must read before dozing off to sleep,
I write,
If I don't write I can't sleep,
So I write poetry,
It limbers my mind,
Removes the dust and mud clogged in corners.
28/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 17
Social Distancing
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
We had guests at our place
on and off round the year,
Cause grandma lived with us,
Dad had four brothers and four sisters,
They with their families would be mostly at our place on the pretext of seeing how grandma was.
So every school holidays mum would social distance our family to our farm in a small village,
She made sure dad left grandma with one of his siblings.
She said the social distancing helped her to get rest and peace,
We also had family time.
28/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 94
For A Reason
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
He left without even a goodbye,
I think God wanted to protect me from him.
28/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 22
Forgiveness(haiku)
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
comes from heart and mind
you are prepared to move on
not remind of it.
28/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 71
Will You Fast
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
Ramadhan has come
frontline workers and fasting
with faith and the will
27/4/2020
Apr 2020 · 87
Difference
Salmabanu Hatim Apr 2020
Truth is the light that shows you the right path,
Lies are the fire that burns you to ashes.
27/4/2020
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